Tony Steward shares about the, “World Wide Open”

I was in a discussion with Tony Steward of Contagious Solutions the other day when he shared with me a really intriguing concept he had heard about called World Wide Open. He was sharing with me that it is Christian group looking to connect the fits and passions of the church with the needs of [...]

Dream Come True

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This has nothing to do with StS, but my dream came true this morning. My garage was full of dirt bikes and a four-wheeler. I was almost in tears it felt so good and they aren’t even all mine. I own the KTM 450 EXC (orange bike) and the Honda XR70 (small red bike). Some [...]

Lessons and Learning’s from the Week

10.  Life isn’t always fair. 9.  Everyone needs a Sabbath Day – It’s one of the BIG 10. 8.  I was reminded this week that it is important to find a rhythm in life. 7.  Doing a conference call pod cast via Skype with two of my brothers in different parts of the U.S. is [...]

Pastor Rick Warren shares his top 40 Baptism Ideas for your Church

I spoke with Pastor Rick Warren a few days ago and asked if I could share with you a few of his ideas on ways to increase baptism. He said, “Sure” share them. Of course there are 40 for us to ponder. Here is Pastor Rick’s top 5 ideas with a link to his full [...]

Book Review: Simple Church

Simple Church

“I’m a common man, drive a common van. My dog ain’t got no pedigree. If I have my say it’s gonna stay that way, Cause highbrow people lose their sanity. A common man is what I’ll be”…oh…wrong blog. Forgot I was doing my book review blog today but, “Simple Church” by Thom Rainer and Eric [...]

What are the Core Values of Street to the Seat with Pastor Kerry Mackey and Pastor Erin Kerr

This week Pastor Kerry Mackey and first time host Pastor Erin Kerr talk about the core values of Street to the Seat. They also bring up the coaching network for any church or ministry that wants help in the four C’s mention in the podcast, and the Street to the Seat store where any resources [...]

Never Miss an Opportunity

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to teach our Membership Class which helps persons determine if our church is a place they’d like to “belong”. It is part of our introduction to church family process that allows persons to peek into the life of our church and determine if this is the place for [...]

Lessons and Learning’s from the Week

It’s Friday, but Sundays coming…thought I’d send you my “top 10” lessons and learnings from the week. Nothing super spiritual just a few things that were good learnings for me this week. 10. wifi is a must for the entire universe. What did we do before wireless internet? 9. Having friends with condos in the [...]

Book Review: The Case for the Real Jesus

Case for the Real Jesus

Well Lee has done it again. He has brought home another great read, but more than that it is being reviewed as his, “most effective and strongest work to-date”…”arguably compelling”…”an indispensable tool for all Christians”. I’d go one further than that to say it is an even greater read for those who are questioning the [...]

Social Media and our First Street to the Seat Podcast

Our very first podcast where we get to the heart of Street to the Seat with Kerry and Social Media with Tony Steward.